“Governor Hogan’s decision to help Baltimore’s bus system run more efficiently is welcome news for the people who live, work and play in the city. While I welcome his suggestions to streamline bus service, his announcement is in no way a comprehensive, long-term solution to improving public transportation, reducing traffic or creating new jobs in Baltimore City. Spending $150 million to make buses run on time is a good start but no substitute for the 10 years of planning, $900 million in hard-fought federal funding and the economic growth that Governor Hogan threw away when he killed the Red Line in Baltimore.
“In an op-ed from September, the Governor wrote: ‘Over the next several months, my administration will announce a series of innovative ideas that have the potential to deliver real change.’ I have to ask, is color-coding bus lines and removing lanes from already congested city streets ‘real change’ to the people commuting to and through Baltimore? Making the buses run on time is not innovative, it is what is expected of our transit agencies. I agree with Governor Hogan that public transit should be multimodal and comprehensive, but this new plan falls short on both counts.”
4 comments:
Leave it to a democrat to downgrade any positive solutions coming from a republican with vision. Cardin just needs to fade far, far, away.
Ben,gov Hogan just turning back your wasteful tax and spend policies.
Ben, this is NOT your responsibility nor is it any of your concern if you are not a resident of Baltimore. Go find a street corner to shout from. That could be risky in Baltimore however.
Hogan is just having to do maintenance on a system left out by O'Failly. The equipment has not been maintained, and needs to be upgraded to prevent failures and accidents, and to restore a sense of pride in the riders.
Fixing O'Faily's screw ups is going to be a major feat for this administration, and "Uncle Ben" needs to understand that, since he was in on the rape all along.
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